We should recall that it took almost eighteen months before Richard Nixon finally confessed his wrongdoings and was finally kicked …
Watergate versus Banannesgate déjà vu
Decimation of vulnerable nations inevitable if global warming continues on present trend
John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and current U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change matters, told the world’s Ambassadors …
How Free is The World Press Today? Part 3
‘Free Speech’, ‘Freedom of Expression’ and ‘Freedom of the Press’ all have one common denominator – Freedom. But despite all …
“A Little Folk Tale” Reminiscent of Today’s Lucian Climate!
A stolen quote expressed that “Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed”. On Sunday May 7th, 2023, in …
The Open School on Academic and Social-Emotional Learning
WELCOME students to another week in the Open School for the third and final term, the academic or school year …
How Free is The World Press Today? Part 2
World Press Freedom Day 2023 has come and gone — and Caribbean journalists and journalism continue to face the same …
Objective journalism threatened by fake content and false media platforms
Media freedom in the Americas, from Canada in the North to Argentina in the South, with the Caribbean in between, …
World Press Freedom Day 2023 — How Free is The World Press Today?
Veteran journalists have grown tired over the past quarter-century, with the way annual international observance and celebration of journalists and …
Until the Fat Lady Sings for You, Keep Hope Alive!
There are times in life when you think you have reached the end of your rope. You may have gracefully …
The 2023-2024 Budget: No One Left Behind
THE 2023-2024 Budget Presented by Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, is laden with assistance …
Fear remains greater than fear itself
A wide section of St Lucians is firmly of the opinion that the entire SLP parliamentarians fear the opposition leader …
Legacies, Links and Lessons Live Long!
All international events leave lasting legacies and the 1886 Haymarket Strike in Chicago that saw deaths of striking workers, is …
What future, Venezuela?
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also …
Saint Lucia a Gangsters Paradise? Part 7 – Budgeting for Crime!
Once upon a time, annual government budgetary allocations for Home Affairs would-have-been mainly for better equipment, training and administrative costs …
Have we forgotten that charity begins at home?
I often hear about growing or producing for the export market. I know that traditionally it has always been about …
Chickens Coming Home to Roost
Having read the scathing attack by Judge Wit at the latest crime symposium at Port of Spain regarding the role …
St. Lucia Tourism Awards – The Gimies: Government Rewards Outstanding Performers
THE Government of St. Lucia, through the Ministry of Tourism, has designed and is ready to implement a Tourism Awards …
Caribbean A Gangsters Paradise? Part 6: How to Measure Crime?
With deaths reported daily and no end in near sight to the deadly results of gunplay leaving new families mourning, …
Growing-up with Sandals!
Memories can be fruitful and tasty. Growing-up dangerously, walking the La Toc, Castries coastline, with Hospital Road friends, on Sundays, …
Money is essential, but education is the key to success!
On my morning programme on HITZ FM earlier this week, I said that our intellectuals and technocrats are failing us. …